Bob Dylan - Recently Updated Pageshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://www.bobdylanwiki.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comSat, 14 Jun 2008 22:58:09 CDTSat, 14 Jun 2008 22:58:09 CDTwetpaint.com60Bob Dylanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/wikis/dylan/img/itm_headerSite.pnghttp://www.bobdylanwiki.comBob Dylan wiki: Bob Dylan Songs, Tour, Movies, Books, Poetry, Videos. Bobheads celebrate the life and career of Bob Dylan, share analysis of Bob Dylan lyrics, and discuss Bob Dylan concerts.Add Your Dylan Diehard Profilehttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Add+Your+Dylan+Diehard+Profileonthewaterfrontbrandhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Add+Your+Dylan+Diehard+ProfileSat, 14 Jun 2008 22:58:09 CDT
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I became a Bob Dylan fan when... I don't know really, I was changing that's all, maturing in a way.

Plugged or unplugged? Both.

Favorite album of all time (if I had to choose one): Either Blonde On Blonde or Highway 61 Revisited.

Least favorite: Self Potrait

Favorite album cover: The Basement Tapes

Favorite song: Depends, but mostly any song from Blonde On Blonde

Favorite lyric: Now, I'm liberal, but to a degree
I want everybody to be free
But if you think that I'll let Barry Goldwater
Move in next door and mary my daughter
You must think I'm crazy !
I wouldn't let him do it for all the farms in Cuba.


Favorite Dylan tribute album: The Byrds Play Dylan

Favorite Dylan cover: 'Chimes Of Freedom' by The Byrds

My Dream Dylan disc contains: Greatest Hits (the one from '67)

My top five (would need on the desert island) discs: Blonde On Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood On The Tracks, Bringing It All Back Home, and Another Side

Favorite Dylan film: Don't Look Back

Favorite "era": Electric, with the Carnaby St. Look

Best live recording: hm....The Last Waltz

Best boots: The Basement Tapes

Best concert I ever saw... never been to one

Favorite quote: All I Can Do Is Be Me

Favorite Dylan web sites, books: Tarantula

Favorite Dylan memorabilia: his albums.

Bob Dylan inspires me to...to be myself.

Anything else to add?


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]]>Dylan Bookshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Dylan+Booksskinn077http://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Dylan+Booksrevised edition of this bookFri, 09 May 2008 13:58:06 CDT

]]>Zack's Faveshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Zack%27s+Faveszackbrownhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Zack%27s+FavesSun, 20 Apr 2008 13:46:23 CDTI became a Bob Dylan fan when... I first heard "Most of the Time"

Plugged or unplugged? Both.

Favorite album of all time (if I had to choose one): Blonde on Blonde

Least favorite: Live at Budokan

Favorite album cover: Street Legal

Favorite song: Vision of Johanna

Favorite lyric: Oh, Little Boy lost/he takes himself so seriously/he brags of his misery/he likes to live dangerously/and when bringing her name up he speaks of a farewell kiss to me/he's sure got a lot of gall/to be so useless and all/muttering small talk at the wall/while I'm in the hall/How can I explain?/It's so hard to get on!/and these Visions of Johanna have kept me up/past the dawn


Favorite Dylan tribute album: I'm Not There Original Soundtrack

Favorite Dylan cover: 'When The Ship Comes In' by Marcus Carl Franklin

My Dream Dylan disc contains:

My top five (would need on the desert island) discs: Blonde On Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood On The Tracks, Oh Mercy, and Modern Times

Favorite Dylan film: No Direction Home

Favorite "era": Electric

Best live recording: "Maggie's Farm" Live at Newport 1965

Best boots: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash complete Nashville Sessions

Best concert I ever saw... never been to one

Favorite quote:There's no black and white, left and right to me anymore; there's only up and down and down is very close to the ground. And I'm trying to go up without thinking about anything trivial such as politics. They has got nothing to do with it. I'm thinking about the general people and when they get hurt.

Favorite Dylan web sites, books: Tarantula

Favorite Dylan memorabilia: I don't have any...

Bob Dylan inspires me to...articulate, be aware of the human condition, don't be afraid of what I feel

Anything else to add?

]]>My Love for Bob Dylanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/My+Love+for+Bob+Dylanfolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/My+Love+for+Bob+DylanMoved from: Bob Dylan Everything: Songs, Tour, Movies, Books, Poetry, VideosFri, 18 Apr 2008 18:12:41 CDTI became a Bob Dylan fan when... I was 7 years old and I heard the opening drum to "Like a Rolling Stone"

Plugged or unplugged? Depends on my mood....most days plugged, but there's a simplicity and beauty about his early stuff

Favorite album of all time (if I had to choose one): Well clearly Highway 61 Revisited changed everything...and Blonde on Blonde has some amazing stuff too.... but honestly I'm going to go with Street Legal.... maybe not the most noteworthy or poetic, but definitely his most emotional

Least favorite: Self Portrait....

Favorite album cover: Free Wheelin'

Favorite song: Very Very hard..... I'll give my top 5 :) 1. Lay Lady Lay (it's probably the sexiest song ever written) 2. Like a Rolling Stone (pretty self explanatory) 3. Visions of Johanna 4. I want you 5. Where are you Tonight (Journey into the Dark Heat)

Favorite lyric: "His clothes are dirty, but his hands are cleans and you're the best thing that he's ever seen," or "You don't have to be afraid of looking into my face, we've done nothing to eachother time will not erase," or "as she winds back the clock and turns back the page of a book that nobody can write," or "Don't Criticize what you can't understand"

There are 7,000 more..... and it just depends on my mood at the time

Favorite Dylan tribute album: Ok it might not be a tribute album, but the soundtrack to "I'm Not There" was pretty good

Favorite Dylan cover: Jeff Buckley's version of "Just Like a Woman"

My Dream Dylan disc contains: The DYLAN album that came out in 2007 was pretty much right on if it had contained Visions of Johanna and I want you

My top five (would need on the desert island) discs: Nashville Skyline, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, John Wesley Harding, Street Legal

Favorite Dylan film: Does this mean that he was in? Because Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is awesome...... but the biopic I'm Not There was also awesome

Favorite "era": The Newport Folk Festival I'm going Electric and you can just deal with it era

Best live recording: Oooh Difficult not sure that I have one....wait yes I do.... his recording of "My Back Pages" at his anniversary concert with Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Roger McGuin and George Harrison

Best boots: The Basement Tapes

Best concert I ever saw... I saw him last summer (07) in Kansas City and it was one of his better performances that I've seen...he actually played the guitar for the first time in a long time

Favorite quote: All I can do is be me, whoever that is

Favorite Dylan web sites, books: I like his autobiography

Favorite Dylan memorabilia: My LP collection I have all of his albums

Bob Dylan inspires me to... speak my mind, be myself, trust in my own beliefs, hide out, be in the spotlight, make a difference, play guitar, and just do whatever feels right


]]>Reviewhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Reviewfolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/ReviewMoved from: Bob Dylan Everything: Songs, Tour, Movies, Books, Poetry, VideosFri, 18 Apr 2008 18:12:03 CDT

Time and Place ...


Date: Saturday 14th April 2007

City:Sheffield

Venue:Hallam FM Arena

The Details ...





The Reviews ...


http://www.boblinks.com/041407r.html

Mine's the top one :)

]]>Fajjan's faveshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Fajjan%27s+favesFajjanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Fajjan%27s+favesMon, 07 Apr 2008 04:29:15 CDTbecame a Bob Dylan fan when...
I was 17 and drank cheap wine in my mate's bedsit
Plugged or unplugged?
Plugged

Favorite album of all time (if I had to choose one):
Blood on the tracks

Least favorite:
Knocked-Out Loaded

Favorite album cover:
Highway 61 Revisited

Favorite song:
Just Like a Woman

Favorite lyric:
Idiot Wind

Favorite Dylan tribute album:
No one sings Dylan like Dylan

Favorite Dylan cover:
Hendrix' Watchtowe

My Dream Dylan disc contains:

My top five (would need on the desert island) discs:

Favorite Dylan film:

Favorite "era":

Best live recording:

Best boots:

Best concert I ever saw...

Favorite quote:

Favorite Dylan web sites, books:

Favorite Dylan memorabilia:

Bob Dylan inspires me to...

Anything else to add?

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]]>Web Hauntshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Web+Hauntsdylanstubshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Web+HauntsThu, 24 Jan 2008 09:50:49 CSTBob Dylan Web Links

The web has been a comforting haven for Dylan fans since Al Gore first thunked it up. We’ve compiled a starter list of shrines to Dylan and his music. Don’t see your haunts? Click the EasyEdit button and add ‘em!

Bob Dylan: bobdylan.com
The official Dylan site includes a discography, lyrics, sound files, tour dates, and a music store.

Down the Highway
Excellent fan site especially strong in current Dylan news.

Chainki wiki
There are a lot of useful Dylan links on this excellent site!

Expecting Rain
Expect plenty of Bob Dylan info, lyrics, records, a who’s who and atlas for song elements and influences, fan art gallery, concert reviews, and more discussion nodes than you can shake a stick at.

Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Homepage
The Bringing It All Back Homepage provides a wealth of Dylan links to other sites, reviews, interviews, articles; as well as the de rigueur lyrics, tour information, FAQ, and other “Odds and Ends.”

Dylanchords.com: Bob Dylan Chords and Lyrics
A comprehensive site tended by so-called “self-ordained professors” of Dylan, inclusive of essays, chords, lyrics, and tablature (including outtakes, live versions, covers, and alternate lyrics) to the songs from Dylan's albums.

Dylanstubs.com: The Bob Dylan Ticket Stub and Concert Poster Archive
Over 3000 scans of concert tickets and posters submitted by fans just like you!

American Masters: Bob Dylan
This PBS companion site to Martin Scorsese's biopic No Direction Home includes additional footage, a timeline, the Scorsese interview, a biography, and influences and fan concert maps.

ISIS Homepage
Established in 1985, ISIS is now the longest-running Bob Dylan journal still in print.

BobsBoots: Bob Dylan Bootlegs
The Bob Dylan Bootleg Museum is the clearinghouse for Dylan bootlegs — well researched, cavernous, and as complete a reference as you’ll find on the web.

The Time 100: Bob Dylan
Reviewer and screenwriter Jay Cocks waxes biographical about Bob Dylan’s career and impact on American music, as one of 20 artists and entertainers identified by Time as “pioneers of human expression” in the 20th century.

SlopBucket.com: The Book of Bob
Search a comprehensive archive of Bob's song lyrics and writings (liner notes, raps, poems, prose, letters, and other “broken thoughts”).

BBC Music: Bob Dylan
BBC Music hosts an in-depth guide to Bob Dylan, featuring profiles and biographies, a timeline, video and images, and reviews.

Roots of Bob Dylan
Though collecting some dust (appears to have last been updated in 2001), the site takes an information-packed dive into the musical roots and influences of Bob.

The Dylan Pool
Dylanomaniacs from around the world compete in a fantasy pool to predict the songs our man plays in concert.

YouThink.com: Personality Quiz
Answer five multiple-choice questions to determine which Bob Dylan song you are.

Topix.net: Bob Dylan News
News about Bob Dylan continually updated from sources (including fans) from around the ‘net.

VH1.com: Bob Dylan
VH1.com presents complete artist information on Bob Dylan, including news, a bio, message boards, song clips, and more. Sign up to get free Dylan e-mail updates from VH1.

A Bob Dylan Timeline
This comprehensive visual and textual timeline is impressive — great images of Dylan and content sourced from Absolutely Dylan, by Patrick Humphries and John Bauldie.

NPR: Bob Dylan: A Conversation
NPR's Steve Inskeep gets a rare interview with Bob Dylan upon the release of his 2004 book Chronicles: Volume One. Listen to audio clips from the interview, read the first chapter of the book, and dive deeper into the NPR closet of Dylan stories. We love NPR!

Bob Dylan Quizzes and Trivia
The self-proclaimed “World’s largest trivia site” certainly doesn’t disappoint in the Dylan category. Enjoy sixteen different quizzes ranging from easy to tough.

Bob Links
Bill Pagel is a phenom! Bob Links provides a comprehensive record of his live shows, including detailed inventories of venue information, highlights, reviews, and set lists. Bravo.

XGuitar.com
Bob Dylan guitar and bass tabs by album

Dylan Images
Comprehensive site of Bob Dylan CDR Artwork

Bob Dylan's Original Lyrics
Great site from Japan with many of Dylan's original lyrics.

Bob Dylan - English Wikipedia
The entry for Bob Dylan in the English Wikipedia

]]>Burritobrother's Dylan Pagehttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Burritobrother%27s+Dylan+Pageburritobrotherhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Burritobrother%27s+Dylan+PageSun, 20 Jan 2008 11:59:31 CST
]]>dogsrunfree faveshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/dogsrunfree+favesdogsrunfreehttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/dogsrunfree+favesThu, 27 Dec 2007 16:12:25 CSTI became a Bob Dylan fan when... I realized the chills never stopped.

Plugged or unplugged? Plugged

Favorite album of all time (if I had to choose one): Highway 61 Revisited

Least favorite: Any early 80's

Favorite album cover: Freewheelin'

Favorite songs:

Favorite lyric:

Favorite Dylan tribute album:

Favorite Dylan cover:

My Dream Dylan disc contains:

My top five (would need on the desert island) discs:

Favorite Dylan film:

Favorite "era":

Best live recording:

Best boots:

Best concert I ever saw...

Favorite quote:

Favorite Dylan web sites, books:

Favorite Dylan memorabilia:

Bob Dylan inspires me to...

Anything else to add?

]]>Bob's Tour Schedulehttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Bob%27s+Tour+Schedulefolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Bob%27s+Tour+ScheduleWed, 14 Nov 2007 20:07:51 CST http://my.execpc.com/~billp61/dates.html#cur




]]>1975 - The Basement Tapeshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/1975+-+The+Basement+Tapessvenerikhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/1975+-+The+Basement+TapesWed, 31 Oct 2007 15:04:58 CDTSvenErik The Basement Tapes (1975)

  1. Odds and Ends
  2. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
  3. Million Dollar Bash
  4. Yazoo Street Scandal
  5. Goin' to Acapulco
  6. Katie's Been Gone
  7. Lo and Behold
  8. Bessie Smith
  9. Clothes Line Saga
  10. Apple Suckling Tree
  11. Please, Mrs. Henry
  12. Tears of Rage
  13. Too Much of Nothing
  14. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Brew
  15. Ain't No More Cane
  16. Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
  17. Ruben Remus
  18. Tiny Montgomery
  19. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  20. Don't Ya Tell Henry
  21. Nothing Was Delivered
  22. Open the Door, Homer
  23. Long Distance Operator
  24. This Wheel's on Fire

Notes and Reviews



The musicians: Bob Dylan (acoustic guitar, piano, vocals), Robbie Robertson (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, vocals), Richard Manual (piano, drums, harmonica, vocals), Rick Danko (electric bass, mandolin, vocals), Garth Hudson (organ, clavinette, accordion, tenor sax, piano), Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, electric bass, vocals).

Trivia: Recorded in the basement of Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York, near Dylan's then Woodstock home.


Reviews:

From The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray:


"Basement Tapes, The [1975] This 17th album, a double-LP, marked the first official release of a
version of the world’s most bootlegged bootleg: material cut by Dylan and the Crackers / THE
BAND up near Woodstock in 1967 during the long silence between Blonde on Blonde (and Dylan’s motorcycle
crash) in 1966 and John Wesley Harding in 1968. The core Dylan songs from these sessions
actually do form a clear link between these two utterly different albums. They evince the same
highly serious, precarious quest for a personal and universal salvation which marked out the John
Wesley Harding collection—yet they are soaked in the same blocked confusion and turmoil as Blonde
on Blonde. ‘Tears of Rage’, for example, is a halfway house between, say, ‘One of Us Must Know (Sooner or
Later)’ and ‘I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine’. There is also a unique, radical corpus of spacey yet exuberant
music here, as on ‘Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)’, ‘Please Mrs. Henry’ and ‘Million
Dollar Bash’. Essential stuff, badly compiled. The interspersed tracks by The Band alone disrupt
the unity of Dylan material, much more of which should have been here. Indeed The Band’s
tracks are thoroughly dodgy, even including one, ‘Bessie Smith’, which wasn’t recorded in this period
at all but was an outtake from four years later, from their 1971 album Cahoots.
The authentic 1967 sessions had also included a wealth of traditional material revisited, the existence
of which was far less known at the time of this release than became apparent in the 1990s,
when it was widely circulated and became the main subject of GREIL MARCUS’ book Invisible Republic,
1997. Key Dylan-composed items missing include ‘I Shall Be Released’ and ‘This Wheel’s on Fire’.
And having kept all these 1967 recordings unreleased all through the aeons from 1967 to the mid-1970s,
this album was then issued curiously swiftly after the release of Blood on the Tracks. There was also
something disquieting about the specially posed cover photos (by Reid Miles, in the basement of
the YMCA in LA), which seemed to reduce jostling figures of myth and imagination to a callow amdram
tableau—a suggestion here that Dylan was at once packaging and repackaging his own myth. As
well as Dylan, The Band and people dressed as song ‘characters’, others on camera include NEIL
YOUNG and DAVID BLUE. The double-album received fine reviews; John
Rockwell in the New York Times declared it ‘The greatest album in the history of popular American
music.’ But it wasn’t, and for all the riches within it, all of which are presented out of context, it was
a shamefully poor representation of an astonishingly creative, important period in this great artist’s
working life."

From Folkrockman --
"I’m surprised that, as a Dylan fan, I waited so long to listen to this album! It’s totally amazing! The recording quality is amazing given it was recorded at home in the “Big Pink” house in 1967. The variety on the disc is amazing and the collaboration of Dylan and The Band is top notch. The album has a very strong rock and roll/blues overtone. It has ballads and, as always, Dylan’s fantastic lyrics. What’s not to like here? If you like The Band and you like Bob Dylan, you’ll LOVE “The Basement Tapes”. “Odds and Ends” seems to me like a bunch of friends getting together and playing some rock and roll on a Saturday night. I’m surprised that some of these numbers have never been done again in the studio. The harmony on “Tears of Rage” is beautiful. Dylan’s voice displays the whole range of his many styles. Take “Too Much of Nothing” for example. I know it in it’s Peter, Paul and Mary version. This one is totally different and reminds me of Dylan’s “Lay, Lady, Lay” vocal. Then the chorus comes in with The Band and you know this is a different kind of record. Is “Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread” fun or what? I really like this album!"

Best Song:
"Clothes Line Saga"
According to Alias

There are lots of great songs on this album and the variety is quite wide. I can't disagree with Alias on this one though. "Clothes Line Saga" is fantastic and it's one of those songs here I think should have been in the studio later. -- Folkrockman

While "Clothesline Saga" is certainly the funniest song on this strange collection, I don't think Dylan ever topped "Goin' To Acapulco." His delivery is exquisitely soulful, the lyric delightfully nuanced, the whole performance superb. -- SvenErik

Favorite Lyric:
"Ev'rybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait"
According to Alias



]]>Don't Think Twice, It's All Righthttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Don%27t+Think+Twice%2C+It%27s+All+Rightb.flinthttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Don%27t+Think+Twice%2C+It%27s+All+RightTue, 21 Aug 2007 22:29:15 CDT It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

]]>Influences & Musicianshttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Influences+%26+Musiciansfolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Influences+%26+MusiciansSat, 28 Jul 2007 18:20:53 CDT

















]]>Contact Our Membershttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Contact+Our+Membersfolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Contact+Our+MembersSat, 28 Jul 2007 18:16:52 CDT
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]]>About Ushttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/About+Usfolkrockmanhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/About+UsWed, 11 Jul 2007 22:38:59 CDTWhat is BobDylanwiki?

This Bob Dylan wiki was created so those who are passionate about the man and his music can connect with others in a community that promotes the collective wisdom of their knowledge, opinions, and experience. Our goal is nothing less than to create the most vital collaborative record of the life, times, and influence of this true pioneer of human expression, one written by his fans for his fans.

You don't need to be a recognized expert to contribute -- the invitation to participate is extended to all Bob Dylan fans, new and old. This site is guided by the notion that the best information on any subject comes from those with authority born out of experience and passion. Every addition you make enriches the unique and authoritative voice of the content and community -- personal anecdotes and opinions are the key ingredients to building a unique community forum.

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    • ]]>    Bob Dylan ISIS Magazinehttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Bob+Dylan+ISIS+MagazineAnonymoushttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/Bob+Dylan+ISIS+MagazineTue, 22 May 2007 09:02:28 CDT
    About ISIS

    ISIS is the longest running Bob Dylan magazine still in print. Established since 1985, our aim is to provide Dylan enthusiasts with a comprehensive magazine regarding all aspects of Dylan's life and work. ISIS Magazine includes the long running diary style 'Wicked Messenger' newsletter, which has been produced for the past 25 years by world-renowned Dylan expert Ian Woodward. Other columns include comprehensive reviews of book, CD and DVD releases, and Henry Porter's unofficial CD column, which aims to review every bootleg Dylan CD released worldwide. We publish exclusive articles, interviews and rare and exclusive photographs of Bob Dylan. In fact, ISIS is everything that you will ever need in a Dylan magazine. ISIS magazine is publishedevery two months, with the option of our "Dylan In Between" newsletter, which provides our readers with a monthly mailing. For subscription information, please see our ISIS subscriptions page.

    About The Editor

    Renowned authority on the life and works of Bob Dylan, Derek Barker founded the international Bob Dylan magazine ISIS in September 1985 and has edited this highly respected journal uninterruptedly for over twenty years. ISIS magazine is sold through this website and has subscribers in 32 countries. Over the years, Barker has contributed regularly to BBC Radio programs on Bob Dylan and has been featured on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Scotland as well as numerous local radio stations. He has also appeared on the BBC 2 television program 'The Culture Show' and Channel 4s Breakfast News talking about Bob Dylan. Derek has also had two books published, the first book, a collection of writings and interviews from the back pages of ISIS. 'ISIS: A Bob Dylan Anthology' (Helter Skelter Publishing, 2001) received almost universal rave reviews. It sold out a hardback edition and two paperback printings. A revised edition of the book (Helter Skelter Publishing 2004) remains in print. The second collection of writings from ISIS, Bob Dylan Anthology 2 - 20 Years of ISIS, (Chrome Dreams, 2005) is a bumper 368-page book, which was published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ISIS magazine, and is also still in print. Barker has had his writings on Bob Dylan published in journals in England, the USA and Japan. He has worked on three CD projects with his current publisher, Chrome Dreams, writing the liner notes for two of them, and has advised on, and appeared in, the DVD documentary films 'Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966' and 'After The Crash: Bob Dylan 1966-1978'. Barker’s status as an expert on all things Dylan is such that he regularly advises premier auction house Christie’s (both in London and New York) on the authenticity of items of Dylan memorabilia.

    For further details regarding ISIS see our SUBSCRIPTIONS page Sample Issues of ISIS Magazine are available to purchase from our online store

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    ]]>    The 1980shttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/The+1980sdjeauxhttp://www.bobdylanwiki.com/page/The+1980sCorrected spelling of "altar"Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:16:39 CDT

    The 1980s


    1980: Dylan’s second Born Again album, Saved, lacks the fire of Slow Train. The first leg of the tour is preserved in an underground DVD of the April 20 show in Toronto, featuring the stunning new song “Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody.” By year’s end, he is again incorporating classics and calling his show A Musical Retrospective, also the title of a memorable 3-CD bootleg set.


    		1981: Shot of Love, Dylan’s third and final gospel album, features the sublime “Every Grain of Sand,” but inexplicably leaves the fiery rocker “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar” for the B-side of the forgettable single “Heart of Mine.” (It is later added to CDs of the album.) The tour continues, with the bootlegged show at Avignon providing the best bootleg.


    		1982: No tour, no album.


    		1983: Infidels is Dylan’s best album since Desire, thanks in part to lovely guitar work from co-producer Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame). The outtake “Blind Willie McTell” takes on legendary status, and is eventually released on The Bootleg Series.




    		1984: A March appearance on Late Night with David Letterman shocks fans: backed by a fiery punk band, he rocks through a three-song set that includes the blues classic “Don’t Start Me Talkin’.” The European tour that follows is nowhere near as satisfying, as the album Real Live verifies.



    		1985: Empire Burlesque features some great songs, including the single “Tight Connection to My Heart” and the Watchtower-esque “When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky,” but overproduction dooms the results. Only the ballad “Dark Eyes” escapes the flood of synths. His appearance at Live Aid is a disaster, but he recovers
    with a great set at Farm Aid, backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.


    		The 5-LP retrospective Biograph, packed with outtakes, is released, reminding all concerned that Dylan is rock’s greatest artist.





    		1986: A full-fledged tour with Petty and his band delivers professionalism, but little inspiration, as the HBO special Hard to Handle attests. The album Knocked Out Loaded has the same flaws, except for the stunning 11-minute epic “Brownsville Girl,” co-written by playwright Sam Shepard. Dylan secretly marries back-up singer Carol Dennis, and the couple have a daughter whose existence is unknown to fans until 2001.


    		1987: No album, and a movie (Hearts of Fire) so bad it doesn’t get a U.S. release. Can it get any worse than this? A summer tour with the Grateful Dead, in which Dylan is routinely upstaged by his so-called backing band answers in the affirmative. But a fall tour of the Middle East and Europe with Petty offers a large dose of inspiration, as the 5-CD bootleg set Temples in Flames proves.





    		1988: Down in the Groove is Dylan’s worst album since Self Portrait. The live record Dylan and the Dead is as bad as the tour it commemorates. But Dylan shows the old spark — and a surprising sense of humor — as a member of the Traveling Wilburys, a supergroup that also features Petty, George Harrison,Roy Orbison, and ELO founder Jeff Lynne. The highpoint of the band’s Volume 1 is a Springsteen parody, “Tweeter and the Monkey Man,” with Dylan’s fingerprints (not to mention vocals) all over it. In the summer, he hits the road with a hot new band on what is dubbed The Neverending Tour — he’s been on the road nonstop ever since. The year also marked his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.


    		1989: Seemingly inspired by the Wilburys, Dylan returns to form with the eerie Daniel Lanois-produced Oh Mercy. On stage, however, his performances are wildly inconsistent, leading some fans to wonder if alcohol is an issue.


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